#48cae8

Color #48cae8

A vivid, highly saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Sky Blue #87ceeb · ΔE 12.22 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-400 #00d3f2 · ΔE 3

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Conversions

HEX

#48cae8

RGB

rgb(72, 202, 232)

HSL

hsl(191.3, 77.7%, 59.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(191.3, 69%, 91%)

CMYK

cmyk(69%, 12.9%, 0%, 9%)

LAB

lab(75.72, -25.89, -25.17)

LCH

lch(75.72, 36.11, 224.19)

OKLCH

oklch(78%, 0.1184, 216.35)

HWB

hwb(191.3, 28.2%, 9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e86648

Analogous

#48e8b6

#48cae8

#487ae8

Triadic

#48cae8

#e848ca

#cae848

Split-complementary

#48cae8

#e8487a

#e8b648

Tetradic

#48cae8

#6648e8

#e86648

#cae848

Square

#48cae8

#b648e8

#e86648

#7ae848

Shades

Color #48cae8 mixed toward black.

#1cbce1

#1796b4

#117187

#0b4b5a

#06262d

Tints

Color #48cae8 mixed toward white.

#66d3ec

#85dcf0

#a3e4f4

#c2edf7

#e0f6fb

Tones

Color #48cae8 mixed toward gray.

#55c2db

#63b9cd

#70b1c0

#7da9b3

#8ba0a5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.93:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.89:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.89:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9394e1 · ΔE 27.7

Deuteranopia

#8c82e0 · ΔE 31.3

Tritanopia

#55dcda · ΔE 11.7

Achromatopsia

#bbbbbb · ΔE 21.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #48cae8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#48cae8]

Related colors

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Frequently asked questions

#48cae8 (#48cae8) is rgb(72, 202, 232) in RGB.

No, #48cae8 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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